1,500-Year-Old Tomb Discovered in Central China
1,500-Year-Old Tomb Discovered in Central China China Daily reports that a tomb dated to the Sui Dynasty (A.D. 581–618) has been unearthed in central China’s Henan Province. The tomb, which contains a coffin bed and screen made of white marble carved with patterns resembling those found in Zoroastrianism and Buddhism, belonged to a previously unknown …
Prehistoric people developed a technique for making a play dough-like material from mammoth ivory
Prehistoric people developed a technique for making a play dough-like material from mammoth ivory It is stated in The Siberian Times that Evgeny Artemyev of the Russian Academy of Sciences has studied 12,000-year-old archaeological objects that have been found some 20 years ago at the Afontova Gora-2 archaeological site, which is situated on the banks …
Temple Dated to Fifth Century B.C. Found in Turkey
Temple Dated to Fifth Century B.C. Found in Turkey According to a Hurriyet Daily News report, a team of researchers led by Elif Koparal of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University identified the sites of hundreds of Neolithic settlements and a 2,500-year-old temple dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite during a survey of the Urla-Çeşme peninsula, which …
Roman road pre-dating Hadrian’s Wall discovered in Northumberland
Roman road pre-dating Hadrian’s Wall discovered in Northumberland An ancient Roman road (formerly) linking north to south has been discovered off the coast of Northumberland. The discovery, which was almost two thousand years old, was made at one of the Settelingstone sites during construction on the water network. They are thought to be from the …
200,000-year-old tools from Stone Age unearthed in Saudi Arabia
200,000-year-old tools from Stone Age unearthed in Saudi Arabia A team of Saudi scientists from the Heritage Authority recently discovered stone tools used by the inhabitants of ᴀssyrian civilization in the Paleolithic time period that date back to 200,000 years. While exploring the site near Shuaib Al-Adgham in the Al-Qᴀssim area, the Heritage Authority found …
3-Billion-Year-Old Spheres Found in South Africa: How Were They Made?
3-Billion-Year-Old Spheres Found in South Africa: How Were They Made? In the small town of Ottosdal, in central North West Province of South Africa, miners working in pyrophyllite mines have been digging up mysterious metal spheres known as Klerksdorp Spheres. This dark reddish-brown, somewhat flattened spheres range in size from less than a centimetre to …
Scientists discover 280-million-year-old fossil forest in Antarctica
Scientists discover 280-million-year-old fossil forest in Antarctica Antarctica wasn’t quite a region of ice for most of the year. It is widely believed that millions of years ago, when the planet earth was already a mᴀssive landmᴀss called Gondwana, trees flourished near the South Pole. Now, newfound, intricate fossils of some of these trees are …
Treasures dating back some 9,500 years is uncovered in Alpine glaciers as climate change causes ice to melt
Treasures dating back some 9,500 years is uncovered in Alpine glaciers as climate change causes ice to melt The group climbed the steep mountainside, clambering across an Alpine glacier, before finding what they were seeking: A crystal vein filled with the precious rocks needed to sculpt their tools. That is what archaeologists have deduced after …
Large Hidden Lakes Found Draining Below Antarctic Glacier
Large Hidden Lakes Found Draining Below Antarctic Glacier Thwaites Glacier on the edge of West Antarctica is one of the planet’s fastest-moving glaciers. Research shows that it is sliding unstoppably into the ocean, mainly due to warmer seawater lapping at its underside. But the details of its collapse remain uncertain. The details are necessary to …
Iceland Spar: The Rock That Discovered Optics
Iceland Spar: The Rock That Discovered Optics The archaeologist J.A. Clason finds extensive accounts of Viking voyages in earlier Icelandic sagas. They describe a mysterious “sunstone”, which Scandinavian seafarers used to locate the Sun in the sky and navigate on cloudy days. So, What is Iceland spar? Iceland spar is a crystal of calcite (calcium …